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Tommy bilfiger wrote: »its....JOHN B wrote: »Tommy bilfiger wrote: »If stanton hits 60+ hr's that will be impressive cuz only babe ruth and roger maris were non ped's users in mlb history to ever do that.
Miami definitely trading duke this offseason gotta do it while his stock sky high.
If we get swept again we need to go hed and do that
They'd probably have to give up betts,bradley or benetendi I wouldn't do that.Giants or Cardinals probably
Giants need a power bat and have needed one for about 3-4 years.Cards after the cubs have demoralized them might take the risk I think one of jd martinez or stanton will be a cardinal by opening day
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Tommy bilfiger wrote: »its....JOHN B wrote: »Tommy bilfiger wrote: »If stanton hits 60+ hr's that will be impressive cuz only babe ruth and roger maris were non ped's users in mlb history to ever do that.
Miami definitely trading duke this offseason gotta do it while his stock sky high.
If we get swept again we need to go hed and do that
They'd probably have to give up betts,bradley or benetendi I wouldn't do that.Giants or Cardinals probably
Giants need a power bat and have needed one for about 3-4 years.Cards after the cubs have demoralized them might take the risk I think one of jd martinez or stanton will be a cardinal by opening day
Stanton to Giants.
Martinez stays in AZ if that tweet is true. imo -
its....JOHN B wrote: »Tommy bilfiger wrote: »its....JOHN B wrote: »Tommy bilfiger wrote: »If stanton hits 60+ hr's that will be impressive cuz only babe ruth and roger maris were non ped's users in mlb history to ever do that.
Miami definitely trading duke this offseason gotta do it while his stock sky high.
If we get swept again we need to go hed and do that
They'd probably have to give up betts,bradley or benetendi I wouldn't do that.Giants or Cardinals probably
Giants need a power bat and have needed one for about 3-4 years.Cards after the cubs have demoralized them might take the risk I think one of jd martinez or stanton will be a cardinal by opening day
Bogaertz or Bradley and Devers and prospects, I'd do it
Man hell nah I wouldn't do this,but dombrowski an idiot who might actually do this cuz of his history if he wanted stanton.
I guess stanton could dh after hanleys contract expires next season or after '19(vesting option)
jeter probably wouldn't do it cuz it's boston.I wonder would he be petty like that -
Ichiro Suzuki has no desire to stop playing baseball as he nears his 44th birthday, saying he wants to return to the Miami Marlins in 2018 -- and beyond.
How much longer? "At least 50," Ichiro told reporters through his interpreter on Friday. -
Tommy bilfiger wrote: »Tommy bilfiger wrote: »Felt like that white boy in karate kid who was tellin johnny put em in a body bag watchin the cubs bury the cards
Great feeling wow.Reading cardinals reddit them crackas melting down saying the cards can't compete with the cubs.St louis beat writers saying the cards dominance is over and the cubs are mentally in the cards franchise heads woooooo
That being said cubs have made the playoffs 3 straight years,and even tho I'm skeptical of how far they'll go this year.I'm gonna enjoy the ride cuz october baseball is Goat & there's no pressure like there was last year.Joe better start hendricks in game 1
in the maddon era
out of a possible 18 regular season series vs stl
the cardinals have only won 4 series in 3 years and keep in mind 2 of those were early in year 1 when the cubs were getting their feet wet so basically since july 2015 all but 2 series
Cards fans don't have confidence in matheny.I remember la russa over managing the ? out of every inning/situation
Matheny just watches.They hate him for that, the game the other night wacha cruising but his #'s 3rd time thru the order are awful, I talkin bout ugly numbers(.330 opp ba,era 6+,ob% .400).Any manager wit common sense would have a bullpen pitcher or 2 warming up just in case wacha struggles his 3rd time thru the order.Cubs ambushed wacha for 4 runs and went from down 1-0 to up 4-1 to clinch the division.
When you think about the cubs had a crucial 8 game road trip vs the brewers and cards they went 6-2 and the 2 games they lost one was a walk off hr vs the brewers davis 1st blown save of the year and the 2nd they came back down 8-3 in the 8th cut it to 8-7 and lost with 2 men on with baez striking out.That gives me more confidence than I had in them.Nationals have the type of pitching staff that can shut them down & they shored up their bullpen. + I'm petrified of daniel murphy at wrigley field ? man not tryna deal wit this dude.
this team seems to be really clicking at the perfect time
id be starting to get more and more excited for the postseason too
arrieta supposedly isnt an option until game 3 now as his hammy was acting up the other night -- lester is pitching badly but hes got the postseason experience and pedigree -- hendricks has been really, really good of late -- quintana actually has been really good lately as well -- he probably only gives up 1 run yesterday if the regular starters are playing behind him
hendricks
lester
arrieta
quintana
is my guess for the nlds rotation
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the red sox are making the east wayyyy too interesting
if the yankees win and the red sox lose today
sunday is going to be very interesting
the more challenging part is the yankees winning against the blue jays because the jays have played them tough all year (though more so in toronto) not to mention the yankees are pitching their number 5 and 6 starters -- the problem with the red sox they are playing a better team and i fully expect the astros to win the last two games and make a statement
if the red sox win the east in the next two games it will most likely be back door -
Price came through for Boston that inning.
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Postseason match ups set.Indians & Dodgers have home field in each league overall home field tbd
ALDS Astros vs Red Sox
ALDS Yankees/Twins vs Indians
NLDS Cubs vs Nationals
NLDS D-backs/Rockies vs Dodgers
AL wc Twins vs Yankees
NL wc Rockies* vs D- Backs
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indians remind me of the 2015 royals who stormed right back to the fall classic the year after a heart breaking loss and won it all (the indians also being a much better team)
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D backs better watch them.If they win that wild card I think they may beat the dodgers
I gotta look at some numbers before I predict the rest.Not confident in the cubs chances vs the nationals
yankees over twins and d backs over rockies -
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4 of the last 5 times the twins have gone to the playoffs have ended at the hands of the yankees
theyre due
i have a feeling the twins gonna pull this out so im going with them (severino was bad against them a week ago)
i got greinke at home 2nd best home record in all of mlb doesnt hurt either
i dont have a good feeling about the red sox against the astros — i was thinking boston would take care of them and play the indians in the alcs but i didnt like the way they finished the season this week — they went 1-6 in the final week of the regular season for the second straight year — so i dont feel good once again after that finish just like last october
cubs have been sluggish and underperforming all year
washington though is the master at playoff failure and i have zero confidence in dusty baker
their number 1 starter is hurt
the number 3 starter collapsed at the finish line
the pen has blown two saves in three games
right in time for the playoffs
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Pulling for the Twins. Knock them Yankees out
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Wonder if Hinch will bring mccullers out the bullpen during the playoffs. I wouldnt trust him to go past 5 innings as a starter its clear those injuries took a toll on him. Id roll with peacock or morton before mccullers.
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4 of the last 5 times the twins have gone to the playoffs have ended at the hands of the yankees
theyre due
i have a feeling the twins gonna pull this out so im going with them (severino was bad against them a week ago)
i got greinke at home 2nd best home record in all of mlb doesnt hurt either
i dont have a good feeling about the red sox against the astros — i was thinking boston would take care of them and play the indians in the alcs but i didnt like the way they finished the season this week — they went 1-6 in the final week of the regular season for the second straight year — so i dont feel good once again after that finish just like last october
cubs have been sluggish and underperforming all year
washington though is the master at playoff failure and i have zero confidence in dusty baker
their number 1 starter is hurt
the number 3 starter collapsed at the finish line
the pen has blown two saves in three games
right in time for the playoffs
cubs get a nice easy nlds
You got way more confidence than I do.I don't trust the cubs bullpen or shaky offense,especially wit risp vs good pitching.
edit sherzer strained his hamstring.Arrieta had the same injury and still aint 100% a month later so that gives me a glimmer of hope -
I'm skeptical the astros can beat sale twice in a 5 game series but sale has never pitched in the postseason so he could be price 2.0
I'll go wit red sox in 5 and they'll probably get swept
D backs over rockies
Yankees over twins
Cubs in 5 over Nationals :# (no conviction)
D backs over dodgers in 4
Indians over yankees in 5
Indians over Red Sox in 6
D backs over Cubs in 6
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Tommy bilfiger wrote: »4 of the last 5 times the twins have gone to the playoffs have ended at the hands of the yankees
theyre due
i have a feeling the twins gonna pull this out so im going with them (severino was bad against them a week ago)
i got greinke at home 2nd best home record in all of mlb doesnt hurt either
i dont have a good feeling about the red sox against the astros — i was thinking boston would take care of them and play the indians in the alcs but i didnt like the way they finished the season this week — they went 1-6 in the final week of the regular season for the second straight year — so i dont feel good once again after that finish just like last october
cubs have been sluggish and underperforming all year
washington though is the master at playoff failure and i have zero confidence in dusty baker
their number 1 starter is hurt
the number 3 starter collapsed at the finish line
the pen has blown two saves in three games
right in time for the playoffs
cubs get a nice easy nlds
You got way more confidence than I do.I don't trust the cubs bullpen or shaky offense,especially wit risp vs good pitching.
edit sherzer strained his hamstring.Arrieta had the same injury and still aint 100% a month later so that gives me a glimmer of hope
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20835023/expert-picks-2017-mlb-postseason
29 espn experts made picks
10 picked cubs to beat the nats
5 have cubs going to the ws
0 have them winning the ws
its gonna be interesting to see how they respond to being underdogs again and not the favorites -- adding up all the non external factors this should be the nats by a long shot but ive learned not to trust them in october and one thing that bodes really well for the cubs is that they just played two series with playoff implications while the nationals havent had a game that mattered for basically the entire second half -
Sano out tonight.He isn't on the wc roster
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hide your cubans and prospects
rick hahn is out here ON THE PROWL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeA0rC9ZeXo
anderson ss
moncada 2b
abreu 1b (resigns with team)
jimenez rf
maitan 3b
burger dh
robert lf or cf
collins C
rutherford/basabe lf/cf (whoever is ready)
gotta rename the dan ryan after rick hahn when the white sox win the 2020 world series -
im hyped for tonights game
this yankee team is not necessarily in position to win a one game playoff but i think they are built for a series and if they get past minnesota they could make some noise assuming the offense doesnt completely flatline like it did for almost 2 months because they have the pitching to get it done
severino
tanaka
gray
sabathia
is a good enough 4 to get it done but obviously the worry comes in for sabathia and tanaka who are prone to blown up innings
knowing girardi he will blow out the bullpen but considering you have
betances
robertson
green
chapman
who have been pitching very good during the last 6 weeks or so and then you got kanhle who throws damn near 100 mph and probably montgoemory or garcia as a lefty out the pen — they have the best bullpen but like i said im still shaky because far too many times girardi does not press the right buttons and is stubborn in his habits -
Yea, we're going to lose Maitan. We're going to ? lose him. Got damnit Coppy.
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I like the Yankees chances against anyone. I don't expect them to win it all but they could make it far the way their built.
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AggieLean. wrote: »Yea, we're going to lose Maitan. We're going to ? lose him. Got damnit Coppy.
im not so sure that atlanta will lose maitan
from what ive read they signed maitan and another guy in the same year
both were living together in florida training before the signing period but they did not have the same handler and thats what got the red sox in trouble years back — they had 5 guys all being ‘represented’ by the same guy and it was easy to trace the money there — im not so sure they will be able to connect the dots with maitan and the other guy (if there are any)
im thinking atlanta will probably lose their first round pick this year maybe more and be pretty much banned from international signings for a few years and some kind of crazy fine
